New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-29

Is there any necessary connection between music
and meteorologyp A statement made by CORE
spondent OF Notes and Queries suggests The
question. lie writes that during the haymaI<lnS
season In Dorsetshire last year man was heard
to say: II thought IL would rain, the German
band was in the village Tie correspondent
adds that ut appears TO be firmly rooted Idea
In the rural districts that the arrival OF these
foreign musicians changes the weather for The
WORSE IL is common belief that vigorous
cannonadng tends to produce rain. but we never
before heard the proposition ADVANCED
that the familiar "leetle German band possessed
suoh O pull with the atmosphere. What say
the weather wisei
So far as we have observed no Democratic
newspaper has had the boiler plated audacity 10
commend the record made by the minority In
tho late legislature.
The approach Of the heated term is always indi
sntod nv the advertisements IN THE TRIBUNE or
desirable summer resorts. Tho list Is always
,arpe one for advertisers have learned The value
OF our columns in aiding them to I'LL hotels and
boarding houses with patrons who VIII suit them
and be suited In return. THE TRIBUNks adVer-
ttsements under the familiar head OF summer
resorts are q most Trustworthy guide for families
now making plans for the approaching season OF
rest and pleasure. Those who have consulted
that column in the past win be sure to look for
suggestions from the same quarter this year.
To Governor Hill You evidently are not ms
anxious rs you were few weeks AGO that Mr..
t;rant should be Quarantine Commissioner.
Iegtslature NAV defy and override tho will OF
tho people may sell Itself 10 as
partlsanship, 1t may be VIGOROUSLY do'llnaIed 10y
oss9; and run sy tho taxes BY ever so little its
character and ability" are established py tho su
preme test"-Qho N. Y. World
Tho Repubncan Legislature of 1887 reduced the
taxes over $500, 900, although the necessary APP
rronriat,ons for the year were unusually large,
owing TO extraordinary demands of the canals
and thu prisons. with the forlorn hope of dis
crediting this gratifying exhibit in the eyes Of
tho people The World INDUCES In the above
sneer The obvious answer TO the sheer Is that
n legislature that proves itself the faithful GUS
todian OF the public viii not be found doing any
of the repreiiensible things TO which "The World"
refers However, no one can greatly blame q
Democratic organ for trying TO divert attention
from the record which Democracy made in tho
LAST Legislature. Democratic Senators and AS
semblymen were simply so many Tools OF the
rum power so many stumbling blocks In the path
OF reform.
politics Is at sea- exclaims George William
Cunts. The noble red man who was found wan
dering in the depth OF the forest with his brow
CORFU aled aud his clothes torn was asked If he
was lost NO. said the Indian, me no lost
me here-wigwam lost Is it politics or Mr.
Curtis that Is ut sea3
4, a. oxfdanf that len Rcynolds OF Hawkins
vile, Ga, is not an angler In whom the soul OF
izaalt Walton would have delighted Joe has
invented q labor saving machine to catch fish
which IzaalS would have looked upon rs an abomi'
nation. "Ihe Hawkinsyile Gazette gives some
account OF this machine. IT is self revolving
dip net which not only dips up the fooled fish.
but deposits them In basket suspended underneath
the net The machine works without cent OF ex-
pense, revolving day and night. Walton declared
that "angling is somewhat like poetry. men are
TO be born 3d." Ibis self revolving dip net